Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Indicator device
- Patent Title (中): 指示装置
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Application No.: US12320871Application Date: 2009-02-06
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Publication No.: US07918572B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Naoyuki Takada , Masaya Suzuki , Shinichi Sakano , Tomoyuki Nagahama , Mitsutaka Wasada , Takayuki Miyazawa , Yukihiro Handa
- Applicant: Naoyuki Takada , Masaya Suzuki , Shinichi Sakano , Tomoyuki Nagahama , Mitsutaka Wasada , Takayuki Miyazawa , Yukihiro Handa
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-shi
- Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
- Current Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-shi
- Agency: The Nath Law Group
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer; Jonathan A. Kidney
- Priority: JP2008-069850 20080318
- Main IPC: F21V7/04
- IPC: F21V7/04

Abstract:
An indicator device includes a light emitting element for emitting light, and a light conducting plate having a light incidence surface for conducting light from the light emitting element inside thereof and a light output surface, for a lighted indication by the light output surface. The light conducting plate has a triangular recess recessed to form with prescribed recess depths in one planer surface thereof, for light from the light emitting element to be reflected in part. The triangular recess has a recess extremity constituting a single vertex disposed in position on an optical axis of the light emitting element and nearer to the light incidence surface than other end parts thereof. The recess depths becomes shallower as the V-form recess extends from the recess extremity, allowing for an evenness of luminance of light over the light output surface formed on the light conducting plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090237910A1 Indicator device Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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